A Boulder - Des Moines, IA
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cldisme
N 41° 35.381 W 093° 37.022
15T E 448571 N 4604404
The Daughters of the American Revolution commemorate various ventures crossing the Des Moines River.
Waymark Code: WM4M1J
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2008
Views: 17
3. A BOULDER, E. end Grand Ave. bridge, N. Side of st., bears a bronze tablet commemorating the first ferry, at the junction of the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers, operated in 1847; the first pontoon bridge, at Sycamore Street, (now Grand Ave.), built in 1856; and the first toll bridge, at Court Avenue, built in 1856.
Page 235 - Des Moines; IOWA a guide to the Hawkeye State (1938)
The boulder still stands in the described location but is engraved. The bronze plaque is a Daughter's of the American Revolution seal.
The marker in front of the Grand Avenue Bridge reads:
This boulder
commemorates
the first licensed ferry at the
junction of the Des Moines
and Raccoon Rivers
1847
The first pontoon bridge at
Sycamore Street (now Grand Avenue)
1856
The first toll bridge at Court Avenue
1856
Erected by Abigail Adams Chapter D.A.R. 1933
Book: Iowa
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 235
Year Originally Published: 1938
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